Quotes About Self-esteem

Beginning when we are girls, most of us are taught to deflect praise. We apologize for our accomplishments. We try to level the field with our family and friends by downplaying our brilliance. We settle for the passenger's seat when we long to drive. That's why so many of us have been willing to hide our light as adults. Instead of being filled with all the passion and purpose that enable us to offer our best to the world, we empty ourselves in an effort to silence our critics.

Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.

But there's a thin line between pride and ego.

Sou uma perfeccionista desde os 3 anos. Durante muito tempo, tive a necessidade de mostrar que eu merecia estar aqui – de provar o meu valor. Trabalhei duro. Tirei muitas notas máximas. Venci debates escolares, ganhei bolsas de estudo. Mas precisei chegar aos 30 e poucos anos para saber que o simples fato de ter nascido já me tornava digna de estar aqui. Eu não precisava provar nada a ninguém.

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Self-respect is the early form in which greatness appears.

Don't be afraid to think too highly of yourself. If the Creator made you and is not ashamed of the job, certainly you should not be. He pronounced His work good, and you should respect it.

Every child should be taught to expect success, and to believe that he was born to achieve, as the acorn is destined to become an oak. It is cruel for parents and teachers to tell children that they are dull or stupid, or that they are not like others of their age.

The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man, the one who is never certain of himself; who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account. It

Mom, said Peter, nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about. Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered desk did you find that word? I assure you that never in my worst nightmares did I ever suppose that I was a lackwit.

Don't grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.

Insecurity is worse than poverty.

If you dont respect me what must you think of yourself?

I looked over at her; if women knew how good they looked in the dash light of oversized pickup trucks, they'd never get out of them.

There's no better investment than your cleavage. Charlotte smirked. I believe they teach that in business school.

Either Ault was a lot harder than my junior high had been, or I was getting dumber- I suspected both. If I wasn't literally getting dumber, I knew at least that I'd lost the glow that surrounds you when the teachers think you're one of the smart, responsible ones, that glow that shines brighter every time you raise your hand in class to say the perfect thing, or you run out of room in a blue book during an exam and have to ask for a second one.

Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their self-esteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.

I am convinced now that nothing good is accomplished and a lot of damage can be done if you tell a person straight out that he or she is wrong. You only succeed in stripping that person of self-dignity and making yourself an unwelcome part of any discussion.

Tell your child, your spouse, or your employee that he or she is stupid or dumb at a certain thing, has no gift for it, and is doing it all wrong, and you have destroyed almost every incentive to try to improve.

There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my self-esteem.

The fact is that all people you meet have a high regard for themselves and like to be fine and unselfish in their own estimation.

Nada há que eu necessite tanto como estímulos para minha vaidade".

There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time.